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P.B.Suresh Kumar, J.

When this revision petition was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the respondent raised a preliminary objection as to the maintainability of the revision petition. In the light of the said objection, we have heard the learned counsel for the parties on either side as to the maintainability of the revision petition.

2. Petitioners are the tenants in a proceedings for eviction under the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 (the Act). In the eviction petition, the respondent preferred an application under Section 12 of the Act seeking directions to the petitioners to deposit the arrears of rent. It was alleged in the said application that a sum of Rs.5,77,720/- is due towards arrears of rent from the petitioners for the period from March 2019 to February 2022. On the said application, the Rent Control Court directed the petitioners to deposit the arrears of rent at the rate of Rs.14,000/- per month from March 2019 onwards. The petitioners challenged the said order in appeal under Section 18 of the Act. The Appellate Authority affirmed the decision of the Rent Control Court and dismissed the appeal. This revision petition under Se